brazenadj.

/ˈbreɪz(ə)n/

Forms: Old English bræsen, Middle English–1600s brasen, Middle English brassen, Middle English brasun, Middle English–1500s brasin, brasyn, Middle English–1500s brason, 1500s brassin, 1600s brassen, brazon, 1500s– brazen.

Etymology: Old English bræsen , < bræs, brass n.; see -en suffix¹.

a. Made of brass.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > brass

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brassish1774

a1000 Lambeth Psalter xvii[i]. 35 Ðu gesettest swa swa bogan bræsenne earmas mine.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17424 Þatt brasene neddre.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12193 Als a chim or brasin [Gött. brassen, Trin. Cambr. brasen] bell.

1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 112 My best brasyn pottis.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 90 Heþun men had sex kyndis of similacris, cleyen, treen, brasun, stonun, silueren & golden.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. viii. f. 23^v A brassin ymage.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 32 Brazen trumpet.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 72 Brazen Cannon.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 85 Let there be a brassen Bottle.

1740 J. Swift Let. to Mrs. Whiteway 29 Apr. In Phalaris's brazen bull.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 137 Like brazen pots, which when they are struck continue to sound.

b. Referring to the strength rather than the actual material of brass; hence, strong as brass.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective]

hardeOE

strongOE

stithOE

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mighty?1448

boisterous?1571

oaky1631

stout1765

pang1813

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xv. 20 And I shal ȝyue thee to this puple in to a strong brasene wal.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. Pref. He may breake it [the earth] with all the iron and brasen strength, with all the golden and syluer glistering therof.

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 24 As a brazen wall agaynst all the land of Juda.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. iv. 4 Wer't thou inuiron'd with a Brazen wall.

1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 26 A region..which the spirit of their time had shut off from them with brazen barriers.

2. transferred and figurative. Resembling brass in colour, sound, etc. (Often to be referred back to Homer's οὐρανὸς χάλκεος, πολύχαλκος, ὄπα χάλκεον.)

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > brassy yellow

brazen1596

brassy1789

aeneous1847

brass-coloured1851

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic

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wiry1609

metallic1821

tin pan1843

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panny1869

tinny1877

trebly1970

1596 E. Spenser Hymne Heavenly Beautie 263 in Wks. (1842) V. 428 Heavenly notes and carolings.. that filles the brasen sky.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 191 His brazen voice once heard.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ix. 36 Trumpetters With brazen dinne blast you the Citties eare.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 496 The Serpent..with brazen Eyes And hairie Main terrific.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 713 The brazen Throat of Warr had ceast to roar.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 104 I..Hear the faint echo of those brazen throats.

a1827 H. W. Longfellow Burial Minnisink i The glory that the wood receives At sunset in its brazen leaves.

1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 92 Bright clouds, Motionless pillars of the brazen heavens.

3. figurative. Hardened in effrontery; shameless.

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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless

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bald-faced1836

bronzed1841

brazen-fronted1842

brazed1884

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 26 He purposid..to set a good brasin face on the matter.

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) xix. 220 A brazen forehead, that is never a whit abashed.

1651 T. L. To Church of Rome in Πολύπενϑεος Θρηνωδία 11 Seeking (after their hard and brazen progenitors) t'establish a righteousnesse..of their owne.

1731 J. Swift To Gay in Wks. (1735) II. 424 I knew a brazen Minister of State, Who bore for twice ten years the publick Hate.

1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. v. 70 The outcast woman whom human scorn would have hardened into brazen effrontery.

1869 F. Parkman Discov. Great West x. 124 A rare monument of brazen mendacity.

4. Phrases. brazen age: the third of the four mythological ages of humankind, said to come between the silver and the iron age. †brazen dish: ‘the standard dish or measure by which the wooden dishes for measuring the lead duties in Derbyshire are gauged’ (Tapping's Gloss. Lead Mining Terms 1851).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring volume > measuring vessels > vessel of standard capacity > dish for measuring quantities of lead

brazen dish1631

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > of Greek antiquity or mythology

antiquityc1375

golden age?a1439

silver age1565

heroic age1654

heroic times1654

brazen age1841

mundane era1892

1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 90 The deputy Barre Masters, measured the oare with a brasen dish.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. iii. iii. 257 These last bear some resemblance to the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages of the Greeks.

Compounds

Chiefly parasynthetic:

C1. literal. (Often transl. Greek χαλκο-, χαλκεο-.)

brazen-floored adj.

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1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. viii. 397 The brazen-floor'd abode Of Jove.

brazen-footed adj.

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1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) iv. 132 The two brazen-footed bulls.

brazen-gated adj.

brazen-headed adj.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [adjective] > having specific head

coronalleda1450

triple-headed1581

piled?1611

fluked1629

tridental1648

brazen-headed1832

1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 58 The brazenheaded spear.

brazen-hilted adj.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [adjective] > having specific hilt

silver-hilted1002

basket-hiltc1550

basket-hilted1600

cross-hilted1661

brass-hilted1692

brazen-hilted1726

1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xxxi. 165 A new bob-wig, and a brazen-hilted sword.

brazen-hoofed adj.

ΚΠ

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 82 The brazenhooued Bulles.

brazen-leaved adj.

ΚΠ

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B5^v Encarueing Characters of memorie, In Brasen-leaud Books of eternitie.

brazen-mailed adj.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour

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armed at (also of) all piecesc1400

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armour-clad1768

hoplomachic1832

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brazen-mailed1870

pamphract1890

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 20 The Achaian warriors, brazen-mailed.

brazen-pointed adj.

C2. figurative. Also brazen-face n., brazen-faced adj.

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brazen-barking adj.

brazen-browed adj.

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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless

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a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 42 Noon day Vices and brazen-brow'd Iniquities.

brazen-fisted adj.

brazen-fronted adj.

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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless

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perfrict1660

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barefaced1704

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unblushing1736

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bald-faced1836

bronzed1841

brazen-fronted1842

brazed1884

1842 J. B. Fraser Allee Neemroo I. 255 Thou brazen-fronted knave.

brazen-lunged adj.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

brazenv.

/ˈbreɪz(ə)n/

Etymology: < brazen adj.

1. transitive. to brazen (out): to face impudently or as with a face of brass. Also with indefinite object to brazen it out.

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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > brazen out

to brazen (out)a1555

to set a brazen face upon1573

outface1581

overface1600

to ruffle out1612

outbrazen1680

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)]

to bear oneself stout1338

to have the (also a) neck (to)c1395

perk1529

pert1637

to brazen it out1712

to be (also get) smart1736

to push (also show) a face1765

to cheek it1851

whipper-snap1908

a1555 H. Latimer Serm. & Remains To brazen it. [K. Oliphant.]

1679 in tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer Pref. sig. A ij Father Ireland..brazen'd out the Court, and Hector'd the King's Evidence with one Witness upon another.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. i. 3 He would talk saucily, lye, and brazen it out.

1763 I. Bickerstaff Love in Village iii. ix Would you brazen me, too? Take that (boxes him).

1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough v. ii I am resolved to brazen the brunt of the business out.

1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens II. x. x. 212 The deed was done, and must be brazened out.

2. transitive. To harden, make bold or reckless.

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the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)]

hearteOE

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to hearten on1555

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to put in heart1579

to hearten up1580

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reanimate1655

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to give mettle to1689

warm1697

to lift (up) a person's spirits1711

reman1715

to make a man of1722

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to cocker up1762

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brazen1884

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket 193 I fear [they] Are braced and brazen'd up with Christmas wines For any murderous brawl.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	brazen
释义	brazenadj. /ˈbreɪz(ə)n/ Forms: Old English bræsen, Middle English–1600s brasen, Middle English brassen, Middle English brasun, Middle English–1500s brasin, brasyn, Middle English–1500s brason, 1500s brassin, 1600s brassen, brazon, 1500s– brazen. Etymology: Old English bræsen , < bræs, brass n.; see -en suffix¹. 1. a. Made of brass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > brass brazena1000 brasseda1300 brassy1582 brazed1582 brassish1774 a1000 Lambeth Psalter xvii[i]. 35 Ðu gesettest swa swa bogan bræsenne earmas mine. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17424 Þatt brasene neddre. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12193 Als a chim or brasin [Gött. brassen, Trin. Cambr. brasen] bell. 1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 112 My best brasyn pottis. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 90 Heþun men had sex kyndis of similacris, cleyen, treen, brasun, stonun, silueren & golden. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. viii. f. 23^v A brassin ymage. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 32 Brazen trumpet. View more context for this quotation 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 72 Brazen Cannon. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 85 Let there be a brassen Bottle. 1740 J. Swift Let. to Mrs. Whiteway 29 Apr. In Phalaris's brazen bull. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 137 Like brazen pots, which when they are struck continue to sound. b. Referring to the strength rather than the actual material of brass; hence, strong as brass. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] hardeOE strongOE stithOE starkc1275 sturdyc1374 brazena1382 mighty?1448 boisterous?1571 oaky1631 stout1765 pang1813 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xv. 20 And I shal ȝyue thee to this puple in to a strong brasene wal. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. Pref. He may breake it [the earth] with all the iron and brasen strength, with all the golden and syluer glistering therof. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 24 As a brazen wall agaynst all the land of Juda. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. iv. 4 Wer't thou inuiron'd with a Brazen wall. View more context for this quotation 1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 26 A region..which the spirit of their time had shut off from them with brazen barriers. 2. transferred and figurative. Resembling brass in colour, sound, etc. (Often to be referred back to Homer's οὐρανὸς χάλκεος, πολύχαλκος, ὄπα χάλκεον.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > brassy yellow brazen1596 brassy1789 aeneous1847 brass-coloured1851 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic brazen1596 wiry1609 metallic1821 tin pan1843 brassy1847 panny1869 tinny1877 trebly1970 1596 E. Spenser Hymne Heavenly Beautie 263 in Wks. (1842) V. 428 Heavenly notes and carolings.. that filles the brasen sky. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 191 His brazen voice once heard. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ix. 36 Trumpetters With brazen dinne blast you the Citties eare. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 496 The Serpent..with brazen Eyes And hairie Main terrific. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 713 The brazen Throat of Warr had ceast to roar. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 104 I..Hear the faint echo of those brazen throats. a1827 H. W. Longfellow Burial Minnisink i The glory that the wood receives At sunset in its brazen leaves. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 92 Bright clouds, Motionless pillars of the brazen heavens. 3. figurative. Hardened in effrontery; shameless. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless shamelessc897 unshamefasta1100 unshamedc1384 unshamefulc1430 unshamousa1500 unshamefaceda1533 unshameless1555 blushless1566 brazen-faced1571 brazen1573 bashless1578 brassy1596 foreheaded16.. foreheadlessa1603 frontless1607 browless1615 basilisco-proof1649 inverecund1657 perfrict1660 brazen-broweda1682 barefaced1704 cool1723 unblushing1736 brassed1742 inerubescent1788 bald-faced1836 bronzed1841 brazen-fronted1842 brazed1884 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 26 He purposid..to set a good brasin face on the matter. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) xix. 220 A brazen forehead, that is never a whit abashed. 1651 T. L. To Church of Rome in Πολύπενϑεος Θρηνωδία 11 Seeking (after their hard and brazen progenitors) t'establish a righteousnesse..of their owne. 1731 J. Swift To Gay in Wks. (1735) II. 424 I knew a brazen Minister of State, Who bore for twice ten years the publick Hate. 1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. v. 70 The outcast woman whom human scorn would have hardened into brazen effrontery. 1869 F. Parkman Discov. Great West x. 124 A rare monument of brazen mendacity. 4. Phrases. brazen age: the third of the four mythological ages of humankind, said to come between the silver and the iron age. †brazen dish: ‘the standard dish or measure by which the wooden dishes for measuring the lead duties in Derbyshire are gauged’ (Tapping's Gloss. Lead Mining Terms 1851). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring volume > measuring vessels > vessel of standard capacity > dish for measuring quantities of lead brazen dish1631 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > of Greek antiquity or mythology antiquityc1375 golden age?a1439 silver age1565 heroic age1654 heroic times1654 brazen age1841 mundane era1892 1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 90 The deputy Barre Masters, measured the oare with a brasen dish. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. iii. iii. 257 These last bear some resemblance to the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages of the Greeks. Compounds Chiefly parasynthetic: C1. literal. (Often transl. Greek χαλκο-, χαλκεο-.) brazen-floored adj. ΚΠ 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. viii. 397 The brazen-floor'd abode Of Jove. brazen-footed adj. ΚΠ 1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) iv. 132 The two brazen-footed bulls. brazen-gated adj. brazen-headed adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [adjective] > having specific head coronalleda1450 triple-headed1581 piled?1611 fluked1629 tridental1648 brazen-headed1832 1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 58 The brazenheaded spear. brazen-hilted adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [adjective] > having specific hilt silver-hilted1002 basket-hiltc1550 basket-hilted1600 cross-hilted1661 brass-hilted1692 brazen-hilted1726 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xxxi. 165 A new bob-wig, and a brazen-hilted sword. brazen-hoofed adj. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 82 The brazenhooued Bulles. brazen-leaved adj. ΚΠ 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B5^v Encarueing Characters of memorie, In Brasen-leaud Books of eternitie. brazen-mailed adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour armedc1300 wrienc1330 steel-clada1400 armed at (also of) all piecesc1400 harnessedc1460 enarmedc1540 armoured1564 steeled1596 iron-clothed1728 armour-clad1768 hoplomachic1832 well-armoured1852 brazen-mailed1870 pamphract1890 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 20 The Achaian warriors, brazen-mailed. brazen-pointed adj. C2. figurative. Also brazen-face n., brazen-faced adj. Thesaurus » Categories » brazen-barking adj. brazen-browed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless shamelessc897 unshamefasta1100 unshamedc1384 unshamefulc1430 unshamousa1500 unshamefaceda1533 unshameless1555 blushless1566 brazen-faced1571 brazen1573 bashless1578 brassy1596 foreheaded16.. foreheadlessa1603 frontless1607 browless1615 basilisco-proof1649 inverecund1657 perfrict1660 brazen-broweda1682 barefaced1704 cool1723 unblushing1736 brassed1742 inerubescent1788 bald-faced1836 bronzed1841 brazen-fronted1842 brazed1884 a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 42 Noon day Vices and brazen-brow'd Iniquities. brazen-fisted adj. brazen-fronted adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless shamelessc897 unshamefasta1100 unshamedc1384 unshamefulc1430 unshamousa1500 unshamefaceda1533 unshameless1555 blushless1566 brazen-faced1571 brazen1573 bashless1578 brassy1596 foreheaded16.. foreheadlessa1603 frontless1607 browless1615 basilisco-proof1649 inverecund1657 perfrict1660 brazen-broweda1682 barefaced1704 cool1723 unblushing1736 brassed1742 inerubescent1788 bald-faced1836 bronzed1841 brazen-fronted1842 brazed1884 1842 J. B. Fraser Allee Neemroo I. 255 Thou brazen-fronted knave. brazen-lunged adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). brazenv. /ˈbreɪz(ə)n/ Etymology: < brazen adj. 1. transitive. to brazen (out): to face impudently or as with a face of brass. Also with indefinite object to brazen it out. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > brazen out to brazen (out)a1555 to set a brazen face upon1573 outface1581 overface1600 to ruffle out1612 outbrazen1680 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)] to bear oneself stout1338 to have the (also a) neck (to)c1395 perk1529 pert1637 to brazen it out1712 to be (also get) smart1736 to push (also show) a face1765 to cheek it1851 whipper-snap1908 a1555 H. Latimer Serm. & Remains To brazen it. [K. Oliphant.] 1679 in tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer Pref. sig. A ij Father Ireland..brazen'd out the Court, and Hector'd the King's Evidence with one Witness upon another. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. i. 3 He would talk saucily, lye, and brazen it out. 1763 I. Bickerstaff Love in Village iii. ix Would you brazen me, too? Take that (boxes him). 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough v. ii I am resolved to brazen the brunt of the business out. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens II. x. x. 212 The deed was done, and must be brazened out. 2. transitive. To harden, make bold or reckless. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)] hearteOE bieldc897 hardenc1175 elnea1225 hardyc1225 boldc1275 hardishc1325 endurec1384 assurec1386 emboldc1400 recomfortc1405 enharda1450 support1479 enhardy1483 animatec1487 encourage1490 emboldishc1503 hearten1524 bolden1526 spright1531 raise1533 accourage1534 enheart1545 to hearten on1555 hearten?1556 alacriate1560 bespirit1574 bebrave1576 to put in heart1579 to hearten up1580 embolden1583 bravea1593 enhearten1610 inspiritc1610 rehearten1611 blood1622 mana1625 valiant1628 flush1633 firm1639 buoy1645 embrave1648 reinhearten1652 reanimate1655 reinspirit1660 to give mettle to1689 warm1697 to lift (up) a person's spirits1711 reman1715 to make a man of1722 respirit1725 elate1726 to cocker up1762 enharden1779 nerve1799 boost1815 brace1816 high-mettle1831 braven1865 brazen1884 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket 193 I fear [they] Are braced and brazen'd up with Christmas wines For any murderous brawl. 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